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Eric Schmidt joins Relativity Space as CEO | TechCrunch

Hinge Health to go public as soon as April, source says

Startups Weekly: Startups raised funding to help others navigate challenges | TechCrunch

Shield AI raises $240 million at a $5.3 billion valuation to commercialize its AI drone tech | TechCrunch

Darwinbox, the HR upstart from India, raises $140M to take on Deel and Rippling | TechCrunch

Key ex-OpenAI researcher subpoenaed in AI copyright case | TechCrunch

Food delivery company Grubhub to lay off 500 employees

Figure will start ‘alpha testing’ its humanoid robot in the home in 2025 | TechCrunch

German startup wins accolade for its fusion reactor design | TechCrunch

‘Don’t try to build a whole new drone:’ How one Ukrainian wartime startup got into quantum encryption — and the West

3 reasons every founder and VC should be at All Stage 2025 | TechCrunch

Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever's AI startup, is reportedly close to raising roughly $1B | TechCrunch

South Korea temporarily removes DeepSeek from app stores

AI and security startups blossom on cloudy days | TechCrunch

US pharma giant Merck backs healthcare marketplace HD in Southeast Asia | TechCrunch

Bird cuts 120 jobs as part of 'strategic realignment' | TechCrunch

Flashes, a photo-sharing app for Bluesky, opens beta | TechCrunch

When efficiency becomes a problem: Jevons Paradox in the Age of AI

Fox News AI Newsletter: AI takes big step forward with 3D-printed shoe

Google opens its most powerful AI models to everyone, the next stage in its virtual agent push